AGARIC

Agaric

An agaric is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe, with lamellae on the underside of the pileus. "Agaric" can also refer to a basidiomycete species characterized by an agaric-type fruiting body. An archaic usage of the word agaric meant 'tree-fungus' ; however, that changed with the Linnaean interpretation in 1753 when Linnaeus used the generic name Agaricus for gilled mushrooms.

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agaric

Noun

  1. Any of various fungi of the family Agaricaceae, having umbrella-like caps with numerous gills beneath.
  2. The dried mushroom used in medicine.


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